| 1. Apulia (1) J: William Pike 59kg 3x110T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 10. Hoba West (4) J: Shaun O'Donnell 59kg 01121T: Summer Dickson | ||
| 4. Sentimental Hero (9) J: Lucy Fiore 59kg 21130T: Peter Fernie | ||
| 3. Diamond Scene (7) J: Clint Johnston-Porter 59kg 2x149T: Michael Grantham | ||
| 9. In Good Order (8) J: Chris Parnham 59kg 7x297T: Daniel Morton | ||
| 11. Admiration Express (5) J: Brad Rawiller 57kg x7886T: Jason Miller | ||
| 12. Be Optimistic (6) J: Joey Azzopardi 57kg 3x060T: Luke Fernie | ||
| 7. Grand Pierro (3) J: Steven Parnham 59kg 38580T: Jason Warren | ||
| 2. Hemlock Stone (10) J: Patrick Carbery 59kg 7x800T: Grant & Alana Williams | ||
| 8. Red Sun Sensation (11) J: Jason Whiting 59kg x2130T: Sue Olive | ||
| 6. Currimundi (2) J: Shaun McGruddy 59kg 30800T: Steve Wolfe |
Ladbrokes Tip: The Ted Van Heemst Stakes is a key lead-up to the Perth Cup each summer
The latest edition of the Ted Van Heemst Stakes ran on Saturday December 20, 2025 at Perth’s Ascot Racecourse and saw the Ben, Will & JD Hayes trained favourite Apulia ($2.50F) salute for the punters in a brilliant last-to-first romp home.
2025 Ted Van Heemst Stakes Results
- 1st: No. 1 Apulia
- 2nd: No. Hoba West
- 3rd: No. 4 Sentimental Hero
Apulia ($2.50F) delivered a powerhouse performance to claim victory for the punters in the 2025 Ted Van Heemst Stakes results at Ascot on Saturday, producing a stunning last-to-first victory that stamped him as the horse to beat heading into the 2026 Perth Cup.
After settling dead last in the field of 11, jockey William Pike swung the Ben, Will and JD Hayes trained gelding to the outside and let him rip. Apulia unleashed a booming finish, mowing down Hoba West in the final strides to score impressively.
Pike admitted the race didn’t unfold as planned — he’d hoped to be much closer in the run — but Apulia’s turn of foot made the tactical mishap irrelevant.
The win now has him firmly on track for the $1 million Perth Cup (2400m) on New Year’s Day, where he is expected to start one of the major players.
2025 Ted Van Heemst Stakes Odds
The season’s best Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2025 betting odds will be provided below on the season’s summer stayers so stay tuned for the top Perth racing markets.
| 1. Apulia (1) J: William Pike 59kg 3x110T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 10. Hoba West (4) J: Shaun O'Donnell 59kg 01121T: Summer Dickson | ||
| 4. Sentimental Hero (9) J: Lucy Fiore 59kg 21130T: Peter Fernie | ||
| 3. Diamond Scene (7) J: Clint Johnston-Porter 59kg 2x149T: Michael Grantham | ||
| 9. In Good Order (8) J: Chris Parnham 59kg 7x297T: Daniel Morton | ||
| 11. Admiration Express (5) J: Brad Rawiller 57kg x7886T: Jason Miller | ||
| 12. Be Optimistic (6) J: Joey Azzopardi 57kg 3x060T: Luke Fernie | ||
| 7. Grand Pierro (3) J: Steven Parnham 59kg 38580T: Jason Warren | ||
| 2. Hemlock Stone (10) J: Patrick Carbery 59kg 7x800T: Grant & Alana Williams | ||
| 8. Red Sun Sensation (11) J: Jason Whiting 59kg x2130T: Sue Olive | ||
| 6. Currimundi (2) J: Shaun McGruddy 59kg 30800T: Steve Wolfe |
Ted Van Heemst Stakes Tips
Top Ted Van Heemst Stakes tips include looking for proven stayers with past winning form over the distance, locally trained hopes with a good Ascot record and the graduates running on well in the Northerly Stakes the start before.
Runners under $10 in betting have a dominant recent record so tipping an in-form galloper at singles is also a good Ted Van Heemst Stakes tip.
2025 Ted Van Heemst Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2025 tips and Perth racing selections on the staying clash this summer will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the gallopers to back and sack in the lucrative Group 2 W.A. race.
The C.B. Cox Stakes – now known as the Ted Van Heemst Stakes – is one of the key races of the annual Perth Summer Racing Carnival and takes place at Ascot Racecourse on a Saturday in late December.
Ted Van Heemst Stakes Day runs on the same date as Brisbane’s Group 3 Grand Prix Stakes (1800m).
Run a fortnight later after the Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) – formerly the Kingston Town Classic – the Group 2 Ted Van Heemst Stakes is contested at weight-for-age over 2100m and offers $300,000 in total prize money as of 2023.
It is the sole Group race on the Perth race card at the summer meeting.
The Kingston Town Classic (now Northerly Stakes) – Ted Van Heemst Stakes double was most recently completed by Truly Great (2020) and Regal Power (2021).
The Ted Van Heemst Stakes makes a good lead-up to the Group 2 $1,000,000 Perth Cup (2400m) back at the track in late December or early January and the double was last completed by Delicacy (2015-16).
2024 Perth Cup winner Casino Seventeen was the last to come via a Ted Van Heemst Stakes lead-up when 3rd in the 2023 edition of the Group 2 that summer.
Ted Van Heemst Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday December 20, 2025
- Track: Ascot Racecourse
- Distance: 2100m
- Conditions: Weight-for-age
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1914
Ted Van Heemst Stakes Betting
Ted Van Heemst Stakes betting markets are released the week of the race once the official field of Perth Cup hopefuls is announced.
Proven Perth performers dominate the Ted Van Heemst Stakes betting markets, bookies favouring the best out of the Kingston Town Classic in the lead-up.
Genuine staying types and those with a good Ascot strike-rate sit at the top of the Ted Van Heemst Stakes markets and the favourites have a gun recent record in the race.
The last double-figure CB Cox Stakes winner was God Has Spoken ($14 in 2011) who backed-up with a Perth Cup second next start at a similar price.
Regal Power ($1.65 in 2019 and $1.20 in 2021), the fellow Grant & Alana Williams-trained Truly Great ($1.45 in 2020) and Apulia ($2.50 in 2025) are the latest favourites in Ted Van Heemst Stakes betting to win.
Ted Van Heemst Stakes Field
The summer’s Ted Van Heemst Stakes race field attracts a line-up of mainly WA-trained stayers heading towards a run over the mile and a half back at Ascot in the Perth Cup.
Many of the runners in the Ted Van Heemst Stakes field are graduates from the Kingston Town Classic (now Northerly Stakes) held a fortnight before.
Recent Ted Van Heemst / CB Cox Stakes winners to come out of the Northerly Stakes include Regal Power (6th in 2019), Galaxy Star (3rd in 2018), Pounamu (2017) who did the double, Delicacy (2nd in 2015), Railway Stakes winner Elite Belle (3rd in 2014), Ihtsahymn who completed the double in 2013, and most recently Apulia (10th in 2025).
In 2019 the Ted Van Heemst Stakes winner Regal Power earlier won the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m).
The following year in 2020 Grant & Alana Williams along with jockey William Pike celebrated back-to-back Ted Van Heemst Stakes wins with their Kingston Town Classic winner Truly Great taking out the event.
Regal Power returned in 2021 to become the latest horse to do the Kingston Town Classic (now Northerly Stakes) – Ted Van Heemst Stakes double.
2025 Ted Van Heemst Stakes Field
The official Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2025 Final Field & Barriers will be published in full below the week of the race so stay tuned to see what Perth stayers making the starting line-up this season.
The Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2025 final field features a dozen potential Perth Cup hopefuls including Lindsay Park’s Fiorente horse Apulia drawn the rails for Willie Pike and looking to atone for an unplaced run in the Northerly Stakes.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1. Apulia
J: William Pike
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
23x110 | H | 1 | 59kg | |
|
2. Hemlock Stone
J: Patrick Carbery
T: Grant & Alana Williams |
07x800 | G | 10 | 59kg | |
|
3. Diamond Scene
J: Clint Johnston-Porter
T: Michael Grantham |
12x149 | G | 7 | 59kg | |
|
4. Sentimental Hero
J: Lucy Fiore
T: Peter Fernie |
521130 | G | 9 | 59kg | |
| 5. Ginger Baker (12) Scratched: | |||||
|
6. Currimundi
J: Shaun McGruddy
T: Steve Wolfe |
730800 | G | 2 | 59kg | |
|
7. Grand Pierro
J: Steven Parnham
T: Jason Warren |
838580 | G | 3 | 59kg | |
|
8. Red Sun Sensation
J: Jason Whiting
T: Sue Olive |
8x2130 | G | 11 | 59kg | |
|
9. In Good Order
J: Chris Parnham
T: Daniel Morton |
17x297 | G | 8 | 59kg | |
|
10. Hoba West
J: Shaun O'Donnell
T: Summer Dickson |
101121 | G | 4 | 59kg | |
|
11. Admiration Express
J: Brad Rawiller
T: Jason Miller |
1x7886 | M | 5 | 57kg | |
|
12. Be Optimistic
J: Joey Azzopardi
T: Luke Fernie |
03x060 | M | 6 | 57kg | |
Ted Van Heemst Stakes Form Guide
The Ted Van Heemst Stakes form guide features all the crucial information punters need to place a wager on the summer staying showdown including the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up form of the runners in the race.
In recent years the CB Cox Stakes / Ted Van Heemst Stakes form has stacked up plenty of times in the Perth Cup the next month as well as in the next year’s Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival features like the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m). The 2012 CB Cox Stakes winner Mr Moet ran second in the 2013 CF Orr Stakes.
The form out of the 2019 Ted Van Heemst Stakes was also franked the following year during Melbourne’s autumn racing carnival with the winner Regal Power going on to take out the 2020 The All-Star Mile.
The 2021 Ted Van Heemst Stakes form was franked with the runner-up Platoon running third next start in the Perth Cup results.
The Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2023 third place-getter Casino Seventeen went on to frank the form winning the 2024 Perth Cup at his next start while that season’s Ted Van winner Numerian finished fourth in the Perth Cup results on New Year’s Day.
2025 Ted Van Heemst Stakes Form Guide
A link to a comprehensive Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below once final acceptances close.
Ted Van Heemst Stakes Results
Galaxy Star (2018) was the last CB Cox / Ted Van Heemst Stakes winning mare.
Ihtsahymn (2013) was the last CB Cox / Ted Van Heemst Stakes winning three-year-old.
Past CB Cox Stakes / Ted Van Heemst Stakes Results
Recent Ted Van Heemst Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Apulia | Hoba West | Sentimental Hero | 2:08.93 |
| 2024 | In Good Order | Let’s Galahvant | Numerian | 2:10.24 |
| 2023 | Numerian | Marocchino | Casino Seventeen | 2:10.14 |
| 2022 | Marocchino | Steinem | Ironclad | 2:10.11 |
| 2021 | Regal Power | Platoon | Cockney Crew | 2:11.35 |
| 2020 | Truly Great | Trap For Fools | Platoon | 2:11.74 |
| 2019 | Regal Power | Gatting | Star Exhibit | 2:12.96 |
| 2018 | Galaxy Star | Gatting | Perfect Jewel | 2:12.5 |
| 2017 | Pounamu | Material Man | Zarantz | 2:16.76 |
| 2016 | Perfect Reflection | Fathoms Of Gold | Ihtsahymn | 2.14.13 |
| 2015 | Delicacy | Black Heart Bart | Bass Strait | 2:14.3 |
| 2014 | Elite Elle | Red Blast | Bass Strait | 2:14.8 |
| 2013 | Ihtsahymn | Kincaple | Rohan | 2:11.1 |
| 2012 | Mr Moet | Chester Road | Road Ranger | 2:19.8 |
| 2011 | God Has Spoken | Kincaple | Ranger | 2:09.8 |
| 2010 | Colour Correct | Admiring | Big Ted | 2.08.7 |
| 2009 | Lords Ransom | Largo Lad | Dante’s Banquet | 2:08.8 |
| 2008 | Gilded Venom | Annenkov | The Fuzz | 2:08.7 |
| 2007 | Cats Fun | Westerly Breeze | Guyno | 2:30.5 |
| 2006 | Daka’s Gem =1 | Scenic Shot =1 | Ramiro | 2:32.5 |
| 2005 | Early Express | Blevvo | Bon Argent | 2:29.4 |
| 2004 | Free At Last | Laetare | Black Tom | 2:30.9 |
| 2003 | Celtus | Higgins Gold | Free At Last | 2:32.6 |
| 2002 | Bold Mirage | Tumeric | Alibi Bay | 2:32.3 |
| 2001 | Never Blue | Finito | Lottila Bay | 2:32.3 |
| 2000 | Old Money | Lottila Bay | Grand Turismo | 2:30.8 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Ted Van Heemst Stakes?
The 2025 Ted Van Heemst Stakes was won by five-year-old Fiorente entire Apulia at $2.50 favouritism for trainers Ben, Will & JD Hayes with jockey William Pike aboard on 59kg from barrier 1 to win by 0.72 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 2:08.93.
When is the Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2025?
Saturday December 20, 2025What is the prize money for the Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2025?
$300,000
Where is the Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2025?
Ascot Racecourse, 71 Grandstand Road, Ascot Western Australia 6104.
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